Drumroll Please! .....Presenting my FIRST DEAR JANE BLOCK!!!!!

The rules are you can't see the back or ask how many seams I picked out and resewed!  I am very happy with how it turned out but, please don't compare it to Jane's original they might not match exactly.  For those Janiac's this is G-6 or Papa's Center Star.  The background is white and the color is a light purple with white polkadots.   I am so excited to be starting this.  So 1 square done and 224 to go....

I machine sewed everything except the inside edges of the large star, they were  hand appliqued to the center star.  I was very glad that I had been doing Block Party Friday those itty, bitty, flying geese work just like large ones.  Thanks Hetty for making me do Flying geese it paid off big time.  The center star went really fast and wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.  

Yes, I have been sewing!

I haven't  blogged but my machine has been busy.  I have done my block party Friday blocks and my black and white ones.  Now I have them done I hope to get the fabric to finish them off soon.  I came across this Madeline schnibbles and it was love at first sight.  So my blocks will be going on point in a similar manner.  Now to decide if I should add a color just leave it black and white. 

 

This is my January 2010 buck a block.  Now to get February done soon.

And I am teaching a class to some homeschoolers.  We will be doing hand sewing and I thought we could all use some cute pin cushions. I have a boy in the class hence the flag one.  I saw them somewhere on the web you use a golf tee and they fit in a spool of thread.  If I find the link I will post it. This is what I get for finding things and not bookmarking, and dealing with 19month old who really thinks mommy should be reading a book not writing about sewing!  Off to read Berenstain Bears GOD LOVE YOU!

My tiny quilt

 I finished my Friday block party block and didn't feel like working on my king size quilt.  I was thinking of doing a string quilt with spider webs but something else happened.  Now I need to back it and finish it but I laid it out with the binding so you can get the idea.

  Now why would I want a tiny quilt not even the size of a piece of paper?  I'll let you all ponder that.  I have a plan for it, that is near and dear to my heart.  And no it is not for a guinea pig that my boys will not be getting.  I'll let you know when it is done.

SLACKER and An update on my friends brother!

So I am a slacker and didn't sew this week as I had toothache.  I finally got to the dentist and I am feeling better, not great but better.   

My friends brother that was missing called and was in Florida.  His parents are driving to pick him up.  I am just so happy that he is safe. 

Oh and I had a birthday and decided to spend my birthday money on a used serger.  I am a brand girl and love my Bernina 830 so I got a used Bernette 334DS off of ebay.  Can't wait to get it up and sewing!

Thanks Barb, I think?

I now spend my internet time trying to enter free giveaways.  And so I must mention the one on Alderwood Quilts so I have another entry. 

Off to look for more giveaways, First stop Bewjeweled quilts to look for more sites...

My centers are all done!

I finished yesterday.  Now to work on the settings.  Here are the pictures for those who care.  After the first six my husband commented, yeah they all look the same.   Men...  Oh course how many times does he as for a critique of his leather working skills?

In other news, most of the time I worked on this I was thinking of my friend's little brother, Eric,  who is missing.  I can't imagine what her family is going through. I have brothers of my own and I have lost one and it was hard, not knowing would be worse I think.  My prayers are with their family.

Block party week 1

This was my square for Block Party Friday.  I don't know if I like piecing denim but it looks cool.  The spots are just water.